Thursday, April 11, 2013

Season 19 Midseason Power Rankings

Leon Jackson - Senior Writer - Cobbfather Post Gazette

We're at the halfway point of Season 19, and it's time for another update to the power rankings.  There seems to be a lot of parity this season, no one team has stood out thus far.  The top 4 in this edition of the power rankings were neck and neck, and then there was a bit of a drop off.  Little Rock was the top team in the previous power rankings.  While their offense remains extremely dominant, they only went 22-19 since the quarter season rankings, which isn't enough to hold on to the top spot.  For the top spot, pitching has overtaken offense, and Pittsburgh and their dominant pitching staff is your new top team!  Here are the full rankings at the halfway point of Season 19.


Team  W L PREV Comments
1 Pittsburgh  49 32 4 Pitching is dominant, and offense is holding their own
2 Kansas City  50 31 12 Best record in the world in the last quarter
3 Little Rock 47 34 1 Best offense by far, but fell off a bit the last quarter
4 Colorado Springs 49 32 7 Good balance of pitching and offense
5 Boise 48 33 2 Still doing well, but pitching fell off a bit
6 Dover 48 33 8 Holding steady, hasn't been able to break out yet
7 El Paso  43 38 15 Pitching has really stepped it up in the last quarter
8 Boston  46 35 13 Nice run as of late, if pitching gets it together, look out
9 Burlington  43 38 21 Big jump here, numbers have greatly improved overall
10 Buffalo  47 34 5 Offense fell off a bit, but pitching is still dominant
11 Cleveland  46 35 10 Holding steady, great offense but pitching not good
12 Vancouver  45 36 9 Fantastic offense, but pitching not coming through
13 Minnesota  42 39 11 Fell off a bit, but numbers look good
14 Detroit  41 40 17 Pitching has been better as of late
15 Austin  41 40 26 Hugh improvement in pitching and offense is better too
16 Durham  45 36 6 Pitching actually held steady, offense dropped a bit
17 Omaha  42 39 19 Tremendous pitching, but offense is not producing
18 Tampa Bay  39 42 3 Horrible since last rankings, offense really took a dive
19 Arizona  38 43 24 Playing well in last 41, pitching really improved
20 Los Angeles 42 39 16 Strong pitching, but offense is pretty weak
21 New York (AL) 38 43 27 Nice improvement across the board since last rankings
22 Syracuse  38 43 14 Numbers steady, but bad last 41, tough luck? 
23 Texas 36 45 31 Tremendous improvement, numbers improved massively
24 St. Louis 37 44 18 Pitching took a bit of a downturn since last rankings
25 Atlanta  34 47 20 Offense hasn't been producing as of late
26 Honolulu  42 39 23 Getting it done, but numbers seem low for the record
27 Charlotte  37 44 25 Improvement in pitching is a good sign
28 Seattle  31 50 32 Showing signs of life after horrendous start
29 New York (NL) 35 46 22 Really struggling as of late, especially pitching
30 Washington 24 57 29 Still underperfoming a bit, but pitching took a hit
31 Colorado  23 58 28 Their pitching is getting absolutely crushed
32 Florida  30 51 30 Numbers on offense are totally horrendous